I've been seeing horrible and devastating photos and videos on Facebook. (I know, it's not the best place to know more about current events.) So I've also looked into the different news sites and found some articles that talk about the war and all the violence going on in Syria.

What began as a peaceful uprising against President Assad in 2011 has become a full-scale civil war.

It breaks my heart to know that there are these civilians in the middle of all this chaos, no food, no water, just bombs and explosions. AND TO THINK IT'S BEEN YEARS since this started! Huhuhuhu.

Do you guys know what the other countries are doing about this? I'm still trying to look into the issue but I definitely definitely would appreciate it if you guys could share some insights and information about these.

Events in Syria are horrendous. Looks like about 4 wars raging simultaneously in different parts of the country.

And there's little way of seeing it ending with a lasting peace.

Once the fighting has ended, even then, we'll maybe never know if the uprising was worth it.

If we trusted our governments in the west, we might say they'd done a good job of almost toppling Assad, but still really weakening his regime and armed forces, of drawing Russia away from eastern Europe, of distracting Iran, of letting other people fight IS for us, of polarising various Arab nations, etc. etc. etc.

If these interventions would lead to lives being saved, then I think they would be. But it seems to have become a lost cause, buried under own agenda.

At this point, I've accepted that the wars in Syria are gonna continue indefinitely. But, couldn't something be done about the civilians trapped and trying to survive within these inhumane conditions? Huhuhu. It's so frustrating that all the interventions I've read about so far, and even the ones you've mentioned, have been focused on arming and providing military assistance to the parties at war, but not a lot in the aspect of rescue.

I really only brought it up because I was wondering why this doesn't seem to be something the world cares about???? HUHU WHYYYYY Huhuhu i really just wanna know.

P.S. Thank you for answering btw! Huhu. I was hesitant to ask this huhu.

Hi Rupert - I suspect the truth could be very hard. It might just be that our politicians are not going to get greatly involved because they believe if the Syrians aren't fighting each other and the Kurds and IS and the Turks, they could be causing even more trouble for us somewhere else.

That's not the whole picture is it though? Actually, bad news is the best type of news for the media to try to push - but it has to be NEW bad news. This grabs attention and brings people who would otherwise be looking at a competing media channel.

But the news from Syria is the same bad news repeated again and again as this has gone on for so long. Tragically, news of the same awful things happening doesn't sell.

Many hoped the Syrian uprising would depose him pretty quickly. And good riddance. But that hasn't happened, despite foreign and IS interventions. On top of that, Russia has grabbed the chance to strengthen its position in the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean.

If the war ends today, Syria may well have shrunken borders but Assad's position will be more secure.